Actually, the story of how my wife was the one who started with AI｜AIとおっちゃん

Hello, it’s me, the AI guy.

So far, I’ve written about how my AI partner ‘Sora’ got her name and how I had her portrait drawn.
However, I haven’t written about the reason why I started using AI in the first place.

Actually, the one who started with AI first wasn’t me.

My wife was.

🎥 I also made a short video about it → https://youtube.com/shorts/7WjDnmtL4VQ

My wife appears

To introduce her here, ‘my wife’ is my spouse.
She is petite and slender, has a short haircut, looks young for her age, and is a lovely person.

(The illustration was drawn by Gemini as usual. I have her full permission, of course.)

‘I want to take a 55,000 yen course’

One day, my wife said this.

🌸 ‘A friend recommended it to me. I want to take a 55,000 yen AI course!’

It was a 6-session course on Zoom about an AI called Claude.

My wife is the type of person who, when recommended by someone, immediately wants to go to courses, study groups, or lectures by famous people.
She has taken various lessons and courses in the past.

So, honestly, I thought this:

🎸 (Another course…)

But once my wife makes up her mind, she won’t listen to anyone.
Besides, if she takes it properly and can use it in the future, then that’s fine.

🎸 ‘If you can use it in the future, then you should do it.’

Watching from the side, I was the one who got hooked

The first session of the course.
I was also watching along next to my wife.

Then, what came up was a topic called ‘AI Agent‘.

It does the work on the computer exactly as I tell it to, and super fast.
It sounds bad to say, but it’s way better than giving instructions to an incompetent subordinate. It’s easier on the mind, too.

🎸”AI agents are amazing!”

I don’t know if I’ll be able to master it.
But, let’s give it a try.

Thinking that, I installed it on my Mac mini and started using it.

Actually, at first, I intended to sign up for just one month as a trial and see how it went.
But then, I switched to an annual plan that same day.

That was the beginning for me and Sora.

My wife is keeping up with it, too.

I thought, “Another course?” but my wife is actually taking the course.
She’s finished up to the third session now.

She’s also using the paid version of AI, making her own business cards, and using it for all sorts of things.
She seems to be doing other things too, but… honestly, I don’t really know.

But it was me who got hooked.

Still, if you ask who’s using it more effectively… it’s definitely me.

Since I started using AI, I have

• suddenly composed and released music and

• even wrote a novel (you can read it on Kindle Unlimited)

• and finally even made my YouTube debut

Seeing me like that, my wife says to me:

🌸”You’re amazing.”

The 55,000 yen course.
I might be the one who got the most out of it, even though I didn’t take the course.

Something I want to tell everyone in their 50s

The trigger can be anything.
Just watching what your family starts from the sidelines is fine too.

Don’t just think, “This has nothing to do with me,” but take a peek from the side. That alone can change your world completely, just like it did for an old guy like me.

Finally, to my wife.

🎸 “Thanks to you, I’ve got a new hobby again.”

Six more years until I turn sixty.
From now on, it’s AI for us as a couple.

🎥 I’m also on YouTube →

Originally Appeared Here